What always gets me with this book is how the Frank family and the 4 other occupiers of the Annex hadn’t been caught, arrested, and sent to the concentration camps, we likely wouldn’t have known what life was like for them as Jews in hiding.
This very important book documents Anne’s time just before her family moved into the annex to two days before they were arrested. The definitive edition contains parts that weren’t published in the first and is a more comprehensive look at a young girl who aged two years in hiding. She truly went from girl to young lady during her time in hiding and the diary allows everyone to get a glimpse as to what it was like for them.
This book is a very hard read, but it is an important one. Please don’t let the topic of this keep you from reading it. Unfortunately, a lot of Anne’s words, worries, and questions are still relevant today and her diary will help readers understand the way some Jews people feel. Anne was right when she said she believes there is still good in the world, but unfortunately it sometimes gets drowned out by the hate (I added the second part). Be the good.